[Bas]

I'm just under 30, no children.

[Ludi]

Not sure what you mean "the have to deal with generation". I'm over 30 and I expect to have to deal with peak oil, global warming, etc.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'N')ot sure what you mean "the have to deal with generation". I'm over 30 and I expect to have to deal with peak oil, global warming, etc.

[Grautr]

I'm 38. I will have to deal with peak oil but sometimes I feel lucky that I am here, sitting on the peak of human civilization as well. People in the future are going to look back and curse us but envy us at the same time.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grautr', 'I')'m 38. I will have to deal with peak oil but sometimes I feel lucky that I am here, sitting on the peak of human civilization as well. People in the future are going to look back and curse us but envy us at the same time.

[keehah]

Just over 40. If I manage to stick around another 30 I'll have lived both sides. As a kid lived the American Graffiti life with big-block V-8s.

I expect in another 30 years younger generations will look at our environmental and cultural destruction and severely judge us for what we did. We will make the early American Slave owners look quite moral in comparison.

[Cobra_Strike]

I am 21. I would like to, on behalf of like minded people of youth, to say thanks a lot to the older assholes that are partly responsible.

[Jack]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cobra_Strike', 'I') am 21. I would like to, on behalf of like minded people of youth, to say thanks a lot to the older assholes that are partly responsible.

[Cobra_Strike]

No kidding...

Though I am not so super happy go lucky optimistic, I really hope there is booze at the party at least some of the time.

[Atlantean_Relic]

Booze won't be a problem, it'll be food, who needs food when you got ethanol to make.

[mmasters]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bas', 'I')'m just under 30, no children.

[FreakOil]

Under 30, single, not children. I think that's going to be a major advantage in making it through post-Peak turmoil, whatever form it comes in. There's no burden, and a young, strong man would have an easier time finding work, which I'm guessing is going to be more physically intensive than shuffling papers.

[Heineken]

"Have to deal with" what?

Peak Oil?

What is meant by "deal with"?

Is someone younger than 30 more likely to "have to deal with" it than someone older than 30? If so, why is 30 the magic divider?

The poll doesn't make sense.

I'm not convinced, BTW, that the very young are automatically better prepared to survive calamity. They tend to have fewer resources and less experience and knowledge. Even health and strength are not givens in the under-30 set, especially here in fat, soft America where something like a third of children are obese.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Heineken', '"')Have to deal with" what?

Peak Oil?

What is meant by "deal with"?

Is someone younger than 30 more likely to "have to deal with" it than someone older than 30? If so, why is 30 the magic divider?

The poll doesn't make sense.

I'm not convinced, BTW, that the very young are automatically better prepared to survive calamity. They tend to have fewer resources and less experience and knowledge.

[Bas]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cobra_Strike', 'I') am 21. I would like to, on behalf of like minded people of youth, to say thanks a lot to the older assholes that are partly responsible.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cobra_Strike', 'I') am 21. I would like to, on behalf of like minded people of youth, to say thanks a lot to the older assholes that are partly responsible.

[Aaron]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cobra_Strike', 'I') am 21. I would like to, on behalf of like minded people of youth, to say thanks a lot to the older assholes that are partly responsible.

[benzoil]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Bas', 'L')ooking at the results though, 30 or so does prove to be the median age on this forum; it seems that the average peakoiler is quite young, maybe the older you are, the less you really care about it as you may expect it won't affect you as much.

[Waterthrush]

We can all find some group to blame! I am a smack dab middle (you can tell by my lingo) baby boomer. I blame my peers who had children - that means you 30-year-olds! Most of my friends and acquaintances have been involved in the environmental movement in varying capacities for years, and few decided to have children. Even the wealthier ones conserve, conserve, conserve, and live below their means.

But, once my generation had kids, their self-discipline seemed to evaporate. You were the "baby on board" children, and the houses and cars just seemed to grow along with the fancy baby carriages. I couldn't figure it out - you'd think that parents would be the ones conserving, but they seemed to think that having kids justified any expenditures.

My nieces and nephews, just out of boomer range, are even more lavish in energy expenditure. In vain do I suggest (gently) my nephew should consider ever increasing oil prices and avoid an ATV, a pickup, etc. I am told that father-son bonding justifies it.

I really wonder what the deal is with parents, but I can't ask too directly, or they think I'm criticizing.

So, I'd like to ask you 30-year-olds: have you talked to your boomer parents about why they were so profligate with purchases and energy expenditures? Why did they think they needed an SUV/minivan for 2 kids?

Could you ask your parents? I'm really curious! (Meanwhile, I and all my boomer friends without kids are literally giving each other tips on how to consume less energy/restore the environment/save the planet. Me? Not perfect - but trying. My big thing is doing without AC. I grew up without it, and don't see much reason to turn it on now, except for guests.

I really do want to leave a better world to you all. I actually thought about that today while walking out in the woods.